The recently launched PotholeFixGP mobile application (app) has already recorded 4 861 downloads on the Google Play Store, with 1547 potholes reported by users so far. The app, a collaboration between the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport (GDRT) and the Council for Scientific and Industri...
Research Chair in Smart Mobility established at the CSIR under the DSI-NRF Research Chair Initiative: A first for South Africa
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) have jointly established a Research Chair in Smart Mobility, the first of its kind in South Africa. Prof. Marianne Vanderschuren, an expert in trans...
The road to sustainability: The use of waste materials in South African road construction
The CSIR has recently been involved in several new research initiatives geared towards providing alternative waste material products, specifically to be used by the asphalt pavement industry in South Africa. The research focus of the CSIR has been centred around creating a more inclusive and sust...
CSIR Smart Mobility Brochure
The CSIR’s Smart Mobility cluster addresses challenges and opportunities associated with transport and freight logistics; transport equipment; transport infrastructure; and passenger transport services in support of different industrial clusters.
Documents for download
- Smart Mobility Brochure 2021 (Flipbook)
Call for Expression of Interest (EoI): Manufacture of Gravel Road Test Kits (GRTKs) on behalf of the CSIR through a license manufacturing agreement
The Gravel Road Test Kits (GRTKs) were developed as a result of a joint effort between the CSIR and the International Labour Organisation, in which the team developed the field test kit to evaluate borrow pit materials for use as wearing course on unsealed roads and to ensure that the quality of ...
UP launches Africa-first Engineering 4.0 facility for research on smart transport, cities and infrastructure
PRETORIA – On Monday 30 November, the University of Pretoria (UP) officially opened its state-of-the-art Engineering 4.0 facility, which focuses on research on smart transport, cities and infrastructure. Situated on the Innovation Africa@UP campus in Hillcrest, Engineering 4.0 has its home in the...
Science and technology solutions to help SA’s economic recovery under the spotlight
The acceleration of South Africa’s energy transformation to address current economic challenges and industrialisation opportunities for the country’s economic recovery will take centre stage at the upcoming virtual Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) 7th Biennial Conference. The...